" Boris Johnson is being urged not to add any more countries to the quarantine list in order to save what is left of the summer holidays "
Boris Johnson is being urged by ministers not to add any more countries to the quarantine list in order to save what is left of the summer holidays.
There are fears that if Greece joined France and Spain on the list it would collapse the "travel corridor" system that has given overseas holidays to hundreds of thousands of Britons during the pandemic.
The status of Greece was uncertain on Saturday with one Cabinet minister saying that "it all depends on the numbers". Transport secretary Grant Shapps will review its figures on Thursday.
Ministers are privately now hoping that the position will not be clear cut enough to force a decision before the end of this month in a fortnight to avoid ruining holidays for tens of thousands of Britons."
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Boris Johnson is being urged by ministers not to add any more countries to the quarantine list in order to save what is left of the summer holidays.
There are fears that if Greece joined France and Spain on the list it would collapse the "travel corridor" system that has given overseas holidays to hundreds of thousands of Britons during the pandemic.
The status of Greece was uncertain on Saturday with one Cabinet minister saying that "it all depends on the numbers". Transport secretary Grant Shapps will review its figures on Thursday.
Ministers are privately now hoping that the position will not be clear cut enough to force a decision before the end of this month in a fortnight to avoid ruining holidays for tens of thousands of Britons."
Ministers urge No10 to wait until September before expanding travel ‘red list’
It's a relief that the Govt is taking the pandemic seriously
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